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Title
J. C. Shewmaker and Orville Brittell with a Group of Zambian Preachers, Livingstone, Zambia, 1944
Creator
unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
1940/1950
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information
Abilene Christian University. Brown Library. Milliken Special Collections
Contact address or phone given here.
Special Collections and Archives, Brown Library, Abilene Christian University, Box 29208, Abilene, TX 79699-9208; 325-674-2348
ask@acu.libanswers.com
Description
"Teachers and preachers on Sinde Mission payroll" J. C. Shewmaker (fifth from the right) and Orville Brittell (second on the right), American missionaries from Churches of Christ to Zambia (though during their time, Northern Rhodesia), stand with a group of Zambian preachers and teachers who were supported by the Sinde Mission. This mission was one of the earliest in Africa established by Churches of Christ. John Sherrif and W. N. Short, missionaries from Churches of Christ, started the mission in 1922.
Type
image
Format
photographic print
photographs
Identifier
IMPA-ACU-JL-20-M2-001.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-91107
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMPA-ACU-JL-20-M2-001.jpg
Subject
Clergy
Buildings
Churches
Schools
Religious communities
Men
Religious practice
Humanitarian assistance
Sinde Mission
Exterior views
Group portraits
Time Period
1940/1950
Place
Sinde
Source
ACU/JL/20/M2/1 [File]
Relation
Abilene Christian University. Brown Library. Milliken Special Collections
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Jimmie Lovell Papers, Center for Restoration Studies
Photographs from Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas, 1899-1969

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